January 26: No Deposit

I work for a bank. In fact, over my career in the learning industry, I've worked for two banks and came this close to a position with a third (I had to turn down that opportunity due to unfavorable logistics). So, anytime I experience something odd involving a bank, I probably take a little more interest and find a bit more irony in the situation; even though it's usually something that could happen to any one of us. Such was the case the morning of January 26. During the process of taking my son to daycare, I swung by the bank to make a deposit. Nothing major, just my winnings from my fantasy football league - a whopping $11.25. You know that old saying about how "there's no prize for second place"? Well, that may be true, but I know now that there is, in fact, a prize for 3rd or 4th place...and, it's roughly $11.25. Anyway, I had to use the ATM for my deposit as the bank had not quite opened yet. No big deal, I figured in and out in less than 5 minutes. Right? Wrong! Oh, it was less than 5 minutes, the only problem is that the ATM would not accept my deposit. Instead, the ATM delivered to me a message that the Depository System was currently down, and that I needed to try my deposit at a later time. Weird, I've never had a bank refuse to take my money! Don't feel too bad for me, as the ATM did inform me that my transaction would be canceled....so I got that going for me, which is nice (a little Caddyshack humor there). Anyway, after dropping my son off I was forced, out of fear for repeating the same ATM experience, to actually go into the bank and deposit my check directly to a Teller. Jeez, in today's age of technological convenience isn't that unheard of?